French statistics office sinks myth of a cruise ship’s economic rescue

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Economists are wrong to believe a 331-metre-long cruise ship was mainly responsible for dragging the French economy out of its recent rut in the three months to June, according to the country’s statistics office.

The delivery of the MSC Euribia from the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard on…